Translation of kontrastieren

We are just enjoying our trip and our entire stay here in Florida not caring to much about the rest of the world. We just want to live the moment as everyone else, says Flavio, a Brazilian student.
I took my backpack and looked for a minibus that would take me a little outside of the town to a small settlement called El Panchan. I arrived there very early and no rooms were available yet.
We arrived at the next hotel, which was only two blocks away, again deciding from the outside, that we would not sleep there. I questioned the short ride, because on the map the two places were far apart.